The 19th Chapter of Wu Song

  The robust young man was furious, and with a burst of internal force in his fist, he struck at Ximen Qing's palm. Feeling the internal force in the young man's fist, a hint of a smile appeared on Ximen Qing's mouth, and then with a swift grab of his right hand, he grasped the young man's fist directly. With a pull, he turned sideways, causing the young man's lower body to suddenly panic, his body hastily leaning forward, almost falling onto Ximen Qing's body.

  At this moment, Ximen Qing grabbed the shoulder of a sturdy young man with his left hand, and then exerted his internal force to lock up the youth's Qijing Eight Meridians, sealing off his Dan Tian, causing his inner strength to suddenly stop.

  "Who are you?" The robust young man's face changed color, and he immediately shouted loudly, while his heart was full of shock.

  The young man in front of him was even younger than himself, but his cultivation was higher than his own. How could this be possible? He was a secular disciple of the Shaolin Temple's abbot, and had been practicing the outer chapter of Yi Jin Jing since childhood. How could he be so easily subdued by him?

  The robust young man's mind was all turned around, and he couldn't figure it out. Although he was rough and fond of fighting, he also knew the reason why one should not show off in front of a stronger person. If there were no Ximen Qing, he could have killed everyone in all directions, beheaded all the corrupt officials here, and then gone away freely. But now it's not possible.

  Just as the young man was thinking of how to deal with Ximen Qing, Ximen Qing suddenly said in a low voice: "Young brother, calm down, I'll help you. If you continue like this, your aunt, sister and that big brother will also suffer. Do you want them to flee? Your martial arts are strong and can roam freely all over the world, but can they?"

  The young man was taken aback by the words, nodded silently and relaxed his hands. However, his eyes towards Sun Hou were extremely angry, as if he wanted to skin him alive and chop him into minced meat!

  Ximen Qing also smiled and opened up his Qihai Eight Meridians, recovering his internal energy cultivation.

  "Come on, come on, take me down and throw me into the dead jail!" Sun Hou shouted loudly, almost falling under the chair.

  However, those catchers did not move at all. One reason was that they were holding human heads in their hands and were at a loss as to what to do. More importantly, the young man they wanted to capture was still standing in front of Ximen Qing. They were all people who had received favors from Ximen Qing and did not want to make mistakes in front of him. Although Sun Hou was the county magistrate, they were also poor commoners who had been oppressed by Sun Hou before and had received many favors from Ximen Qing. It would be immoral for them to make mistakes in front of their benefactor!

  At this time, the panicked Sun Hou finally saw Ximen Qing.

  Seeing Ximen Qing, Sun Hou suddenly felt a surge of anger in his heart, and he became even more furious. Seeing the captors' fearful and respectful attitude towards Ximen Qing, his indignation rose like a wave. He coldly asked: "Ximen Qing, what do you want to do? Do you think you can help the prisoner resist arrest? You should know that helping a prisoner resist arrest is a serious crime, even your father cannot save you!"

  For the past two years, Sun Hou has been trying to strike down Ximen Qing and the Ximen family by joining forces with Sun Fu to make things difficult for their business. However, due to Ximen Qing's good reputation, they have not had any impact despite their constant efforts. They can only curse in frustration. In his heart, Sun Hou is always fantasizing about punishing Ximen Qing, taking over the Ximen family's assets, and making Qinghe County his own domain, his own little garden.

  Ximen Qing glanced at Sun Hou, then coldly smiled and said: "County Magistrate, you're being too serious. How dare I help someone resist arrest? And is there anyone here resisting arrest? This young man is straightforward and a bit rash, I think your excellency will surely be magnanimous and not take offense, right? Your excellency has such prestige in Qinghe County, how could you possibly not forgive him? Isn't that so, fellow villagers?"

  Knowing Ximen Qing's mind, he smiled and teased.

  As soon as Ximen Qing finished speaking, the people in front of the government office responded in unison: "That's right, how could County Magistrate be so kind and not forgive?"

  Sun Hou's heart skipped a beat and he almost suffocated.

  "Isn't it that this official doesn't want to forgive, but this person is too arrogant and actually dares to attack this official. This is completely disrespecting the imperial court's laws. Such rebellious behavior, how can this official forgive? Come, take him down! Considering you accidentally intruded, this official won't punish your crime of privately breaking into the county government. Don't you quickly retreat?"

  "A greedy..." The robust young man was furious beyond measure, just as he was about to curse, but was suddenly stopped by Ximen Qing.

  Ximen Qing gave him a glance, then looked at Sun Hou and waved his hand to the catcher who was holding Wang Er San's head, saying: "Sun Hou County Magistrate, you said this young man wanted to attack you, do you have any evidence? Who saw it? Fellow villagers, did you see it?"

  The people in front of the government office immediately shook their heads, and then a strange and sarcastic voice came from the crowd: "Of course we didn't see anything! We only saw Sun Baozi hiding under the table like an idiot, while County Magistrate was so scared that he almost peed his pants! Hahaha..."

  Sun Baozi's face was filled with anger, but seeing Ximen Qing's murderous gaze, he didn't dare to object and could only make eye contact with Sun Hou.

  Sun Hou was so angry that he almost choked on his own saliva.

  Although I knew Ximen Qing was popular, I didn't expect it to be this good. He can even help him fabricate evidence with his eyes wide open, and he really doesn't care about himself!

  "Sun Hou angrily shouted: 'You bunch of treacherous people, how dare you deceive me with your lies! You're still spouting nonsense with your eyes wide open. This is outrageous! Guards, take them all away...'"

  In the end, Sun Hou's voice became smaller and smaller until it was extinguished. There were dozens of people standing in front of the government office, and they couldn't all be arrested and interrogated, even if they were arrested, the prison cells wouldn't be enough.

  Sun Hou glared at Ximen Qing and pointed to the constables, saying: "You tell me, did you see this man attempt to assault me?"

  Those captives suddenly looked ugly, with a gloomy face. On one side was their superior, on the other side was their benefactor, how could they bear it, how could they face it?

  "That big man, I have poor eyesight and a bit of presbyopia, so I didn't see clearly. Should he be attacking the big man? But I think the big man is wise and powerful, how could he possibly be attacked? I must not have seen it clearly!"

  "With great power like yours, who would dare attack you?"

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  These captives are all very clever, and when they get anxious, they can't be blamed. This also indirectly praises Sun Hou. However, Sun Hou is very annoying and roars loudly: "A bunch of useless people, what's the point of raising you!"

  At this time, Sun Hou's loyal running dog, the chief clerk, stood up and said "righteously": "Reporting to the master, I saw it, this little brat wants to launch a surprise attack!"

  Sun Hou almost shed tears of excitement, and he proudly called out to Ximen Qing: "Did you see that, Ximen Qing? This is the evidence I was talking about! Guards, take this little brat down for me. He actually dared to attack me, it's like he doesn't want to live anymore. Does he not know the word 'death' has a hook on top?"

  Ximen Qing burst out laughing and said, "Sun Gongzi, you should remember that the chief clerk is an official and your subordinate. How can he be used as evidence?" Then Ximen Qing continued, "I recall that you issued a decree saying that whoever could behead Wang Er San brothers would receive your reward and honor flag. Here are the heads of Wang Er San brothers, which I have already beheaded. Ha ha ha, I don't want the reward or the honor flag. I only hope that you can pardon this young man, regardless of whether he attacked you or not. Don't bother him again, okay? I've helped you get rid of a big trouble, and you should agree to it, shouldn't you? If you disagree and provoke the anger of the people, wouldn't that lose face for you?"

  After finishing speaking, Ximen Qing put Wang Er's three human heads on the desk.

  A bloody head with three faces, still bearing a terrified expression, scared Sun Hou's body shrunk, and he immediately thought of Ximen Qing who had returned after learning the art, with exceptionally high martial arts skills. Sun Hou was so frightened that he touched his own head.

  Helpless, Sun Hou could only hold his breath and say: "Alright, since you killed Wang Yisan, I'll let this kid off. However, humph, I must remind you that next time if I catch him again, there won't be any conditions for me to give up punishment!"

  Sun Fu-pang saw that he couldn't punish the young man, so he became unhappy and hastily said: "Elder uncle, what about my porcelain?"

  Sun Hou hastily nodded, then looked at the young woman and girl kneeling below, saying: "That's right, this kid has Ximen Qing pleading for him so I can pardon him, but how will you mother and daughter repay the silver you owe? Eh? If you don't pay it back clearly, then sell yourselves to the Sun family!"

  "I'll pay for the silver!" Ximen Qing said suddenly.

  Ximen Qing said, "My family is short of two maids, I wonder if you two are willing? I am willing to pay one thousand taels of silver to rent you, the rental period is one year. After a year, if you don't want to stay in Ximen's house, you can leave on your own!"

  The young woman's face was full of surprise, her hands covering her mouth as she muttered to herself: "The Ximen household? Really, Young Master, are you telling the truth?"

  She had heard that the Ximen family was generous and kind to their servants, and being a maid in such a family was also a good thing. Moreover, the young woman knew that the young master was helping her out, otherwise how could he have invested 1,000 taels of silver with only a one-year lease? 1,000 taels of silver was enough to buy 100 maids for life.

  "The mistress is willing, the mistress is willing!" The young woman hastily nodded and then quickly pulled her daughter to kneel down in front of Ximen Qing. Ximen Qing helped himself like this, but he saved himself and his daughter from a terrible fate; otherwise, if they had been taken to Sun's mansion, who knows what kind of suffering they would have endured?

  The girl hastily knelt down to Ximen Qing, but was stopped by Ximen Qing. Ximen Qing smiled and said: "No need, people should help each other, hehe, how about you come to the Ximen Mansion again tomorrow?"

  Having said that, he then looked at Sun Fu and Sun Hou, saying: "I'll pay back this debt, how about it?"

  Sun Fu's face was filled with indignation, but he could only swallow his anger. Sun Hou also had a gloomy expression and coldly shouted: "Withdraw!"

  It's not easy to get close to the beautiful woman Fang Zhe, but Ximen Qing messed it up, Sun Hou is quite unhappy. However, there's no way, he can only hold back his anger and return home to his concubine. But that body of his, probably, will also become withered...

  After the crowd dispersed, Ximen Qing led four robust young men out of the yamen.

  Just as he walked out of the government office, the sturdy young man knelt down in front of Ximen Qing, kowtowed and called out: "Benefactor, Wu Song pays his respects! The benefactor's life-saving kindness will never be forgotten, and I will repay it with my own life. If I speak falsely, may heaven strike me dead!"

  "Good heavens, Wu Song......" Ximen Qing exclaimed in shock, his face pale.